—— the Red] The royal arms of Scotland.
v. 139. quyt] i. e. requited.
v. 141. swete Sainct George, our ladies knyght] “Our Lady’s knight” is the common designation of St. George: so in a song written about the same time as the present poem, Cott. MS. Domit. A. xviii. fol. 248; in Sir Beues of Hamtoun, p. 102. Maitl. ed. &c. &c.
Page 186. v. 144. His grace beyng out of the way] i. e. Henry the Eighth being in France: see note on v. 53. p. 217.
v. 148. ye lost your sworde] The sword and dagger, worn by James at the battle of Flodden, are preserved in the college of Heralds. An engraving of them is prefixed to Weber’s ed. of the poem, Flodden Field.
Page 187. v. 149. buskyd] i. e. hied.
—— Huntley bankys] So again in our author’s verses against Dundas;
“That prates and prankes
On Huntley bankes.”